| 释义 |
ˈout-still
[f. out- 3 + still n., a distillery.]
In India: A private still licensed by government outside the limits of the areas supplied with liquor from central distilleries. Also attrib.
1884Pall Mall G. 30 Aug. 1/2 The so-called outstill system which finds favour with the Bengal Government carries death and ruin into the sober and peaceful homes of frugal industry. 1897J. A. Graham Thresh. Three Closed Lands iii. 41 This is one of the out-stills for whose abolition there was much agitation a few years ago. |